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we're never gonna happen
are we?

i'm just foolin' myself
to think that something
as good as you
could happen to me

i can pretend,
make believe i'm okay,
put on the good face,
go on with life

but every day i'm away from you,
every moment i can't hear your voice,
every hour i consider the odds,
i'm that much closer to death

how can i ever hope
to go so deep
with anyone else?
from this point on
anything else
will always be second best

if you and i never happen
it will always be there
like a thorn in my soul,
i will always cry
when certain songs are heard
and everyone will wonder why,
i will still suddenly find myself
dark and down, longing for life to end,
and no one will have a clue

i'm gonna stop reading
and listening to music
and smiling -
i'm gonna close down,
turn off,
be a zombie

how can i be anything else
apart from you?

i hope you never read this,
i hope you never know
how empty i feel,
how dead,
and alone

i've hurt until i'm numb
i've cried until i'm blind
i've no emotion left
nothing

as long as there's breath
there's hope
yet i'm without hope
so i want to stop breathing

bye

© 2001 (27 june) john r. chase


this has been fun. can i scream now?